by Daniel Sanchez Villavicencio, PhD student in History of Art. As part of the activities organised by the Scotland Group of the Institute of Conservation (ICON), the Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History (CTCTAH) of the University of Glasgow had the pleasure of hosting a 3-day practical gilding course, between the 3rd and… Continue reading
By Becky Doonan, 2nd year student. During the second semester of the final year, students are each given an object to treat and analyse fully, as a final practical project. My project was a 1950’s Dior dress from Manchester Art Gallery (MCAG) and the cost of conservation was met by a MCAG grant from Collecting Cultures (HLF).… Continue reading
by Clare Meredith, Textile Conservation Foundation. What a pleasure to be asked to present the 2018 Karen Finch Prize to not just one CTC graduating student, but two. The Prize this year being shared between two students judged equally deserving: Laura Garcia Vedrenne and Megan Creamer. The setting for this happy occasion was Room 512… Continue reading
Students from the MPhil Textile Conservation programme recently attended a reception at the Courtauld Gallery in London to mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Anna Plowden Trust. The Trust was set up in 1998 in memory of Anna Plowden, a pioneering conservator in the private sector. Textile conservators have benefited enormously… Continue reading
By first and second year students, MPhil Textile Conservtion (2017-2018), compiled by Laura G García Vedrenne. The MPhil in Textile Conservation programme requires constant hard work to get good results. Every treatment, assignment, or lecture is worthy of full attention. However, there comes a moment when students have to get out of class and give… Continue reading
by Frances Lennard, Professor of Textile Conservation. I’ve recently returned from a research visit to the USA where it was a great pleasure to meet up with CTC and TCC graduates. I attended the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) conference in Houston and then went on to Washington, DC, to meet my Co-Investigator, Adrienne Kaeppler,… Continue reading
This spring, four students from the CTC assisted with the Conservation of Polynesian Barkcloth & Practical Siapo Barkcloth Making workshop held at the University of Glasgow. The three-day workshop combined presentations and practical work led by two members of the research project Tapa: Situating Pacific Barkcloth Production in Time and Place, and two practising barkcloth… Continue reading
PhD student Lucie Whitmore is coming to the end of her PhD research into the significance of dress from the First World War period. She has made some fascinating discoveries about this surprisingly little-researched area of dress history, and is making recommendations on how dress from this period could be better represented in museum displays. … Continue reading
by Kayla Silvia, 1st year student, MPhil Textile Conservation We often take it for granted that our textiles can be thrown in the washing machine but this semester I found out how much more complicated it is to wash historic textiles. Wet or aqueous cleaning is a conservation treatment that uses water and/or additives (i.e.… Continue reading
Dr Karen Finch OBE, 8th May 1921 – 15th April 2018. I am very sorry to pass on the news that Karen died peacefully, at home, on Sunday 15 April. She is mourned by her daughter, Katrina, her son-in-law Alan and her beloved grandsons Joshua and Jacob. Katrina wrote, “We shall forever miss the extraordinary person… Continue reading
